Pleas to reduce the budget fell on sometimes sympathetic but still deaf ears Monday at Marion City Council’s budget hearing.

The recent report by special prosecutors about police raids in Marion last year is rife with circumstantial evidence that the police may have had the requisite criminal intent when they planned and ...

A former Marion police chief who asked a court to shield him from having photos taken during his upcoming court appearances won’t get what he wanted. Gideon Cody, who led a now-disavowed raid Aug. 11, ...

“In Memoriam” listings are expanded paid obituaries, phrased as the family requests, and may include enhanced information or photographs that might not fit within free death notices.

One of the area’s tastiest events of the year will be Oct 5 outside of the Marion County Lake hall. The annual Chili Cookoff attracts around 500 taste-testers, who can pay $5 for a kit allowing them ...

Sniffing around data on the back end of documents about taxes and budgets, it’s not long before you realize the scent is anything but pleasant, and property tax protests are like tails wagging dogs.

Marion County will turn into an arts and crafts mecca this weekend with traditional events in both Hillsboro and Marion. Hillsboro The 55th annual Arts and Crafts Fair will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A former Durham man is being held without bond in Saline County Jail after stealing a car from Durham, then a pickup from Hillsboro, picking up two young women in Hutchinson, driving to Salina, and ...

Hillsboro, Marion, and Centre ran at Wamego this weekend, with mixed results between the three teams. Leading the way for Marion was Luke Wessel with a 10th place finish and a time of 17:28.68. Eli ...

Hillsboro’s tennis team was unable to capture a victory Thursday at the Smokey Valley Viking classic. In the singles division, Cassidy Bernhardt dropped her three games. “Cassidy ran into some really ...

The ballet featured dancers in fairytale character costumes and tutus whirling across the stage. In the ballet, Cinderella heads to a royal ball, but her fairy godmother’s magic fails, and she is ...

A month of repair work has led to replaced coverings of century-old stained-glass windows at Valley United Methodist Church in Marion. The windows are more visible from outside, and better protected ...